Holder for cigars, cigarettes, cigar and cigarette ashes, electric lamps, and other articles



Feb. 18, 1939. s. BROWN 1,747,157

HOLDER FOR CIGARS, CIGARETTES, CIGAR AND CIGARETTE ASHES, ELECTRICLAMPS, AND OTHER ARTICLES Filed Oct. 29. 1928 Patented Feb. 18, 1930UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE STEWART BROWN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS HOLDERFOR CIGARS, CIGARETTES, CIGAR AND CIGARETTE ASHES. ELECTRIC LAMPS, ANDOTHER ARTICLES Application filed. October 29, 1928. Serial No. 315,711.

This invention relates to a holder which is attachable to and detachablefrom the edge of a table, a horizontal or vertical bar or beam, or otherstationary object, without the use of bolts, nuts or screws; and aholder which is provided with a holding member that may be adjustedafter the device is attached to a suitable rigid member, by means of auniversal joint forming an element of the holder, to hold a cigar orcigarette, or ashes, and, when the holder is designed to support anelectric lamp, adjustable to direct the rays of said lamp in any desireddirection.

hen the holder embodying this invention is used as a cigar, cigaretteand ash holder, it is usually attached to the edge of a table,

to the arm or leg of a chair, or other article,

so that the holder is convenient ior use by a person or persons seatedat a table, or in a chair not adjacent to a table, and when used as aholder for an electric lamp it is attached to any rigid article adjacentto the thing which it is desired to illumine when the lamp is energized.

The holder when used as a support of an electric lamp is usuallyemployed in and about the repair or cleaning of automobile parts, andsaid lamp is frequently termed a trouble lamp; and when used as aholderfor cigars, cigarettes and ashes, its is particularly advantageous forplayers at a card game, or for a person seated in a chair and desiringto read or study while smoking a cigar or cigarette.

Among the objects of the invention is to obtain a holder which isreadily attachable to a rigid member and universally adjustable; anadditional object is to obtain a holder which, when attached to a rigidmember, and adjusted, is not likely to become accidentally detached orout of adjustment. A further object is to obtain a holder of the kindnamed which is economically made, is sightly in appearance, is notliable to get out of order, or become broken; is durable, and is easilymanipulated.

In the drawing referred to Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a holderembodying the invention attached to the edge of a horizontal table orbar, a portion of said table or bar being shown in section. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of a portion of the resilient member of the device whichis illustrated in Fig. 1, and of the greater portion of a cigar,cigarette and ash holder, also illustrated in Fig. 1, in an adjustedposition. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of said resilientmember illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, in position attached to ahorizontal bar, and of the greater portion of said cigar, cigarette andash holder, in an adjusted position. And Fig. 4 is a side elevation ofthe holder attached to a vertical bar or rod, with one end of anelectric lamp supported thereby also in elevation.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates saidpart throughout the several figures of the drawing, wherever the sameappears. 7

1, Fig. 1, represents a small section of the edge of a table, or of ahorizontal bar; and 2,- Fig. 4, represents the lower end of a verticalrod. 3 represents the base and attach able member of the device, andcomprises a rod of resilient material which is provided with coils, l,5, bends 6, 7, 8, 9, and members 10 and 11. Members 10, 11, arerepresented as covered with rubber tubing, or other like material, 12,13, to prevent marring of articles to which said base 3 is attached. Thebase 3, including coils 4:, 5, bends 6, 7, 8, 9, and members 10, 11, 12and 13, is not new in the art; but is one of the elements or members ofa construction embodying this invention. I l, 15, 16, represents aconnecting member forming an element of the device. This connectingmember is illustrated as made of a metal bar, which in Figures 1, 2 and3, is provided with the bends 17. Part 15 of this connecting member iscircular in shape and fits loosely on coil 4 of base 3;.so it may bemoved longitudinally along on said coil, and also may be turnedpivotally on the material forming said coil. The parts 14 of saidconnecting member are parallel, and may be in close contact with eachother. By means of the bends 17, Figs. 1, 2 and 3, parts 16 of theconnecting member are at substantially right angles to parts 14,-as iswell illustrated in Fig. 3, when a member designed to hold ci ars,cigarettes and ashes, as 19 in said figures, is an element of thedevice. 18 represents rivets, or bolts, by which connecting member 14,15, 16, is attached to member 19. 20 represents an element of member 19,in or on which a cigar or cigarette may be held. Member 19 thus forms atray-or pan in which ashes, cigar butts, burned or partially burnedmatches, and the like, may be held.

WVhen a holder embodying this invention is constructed as a support foran electric lamp, as is illustrated in Fig. 4, bends 21, 22, in theconnecting member 14, 15, 16, are substituted for bends 17 in Figs. 1, 2and 3; so that said connecting member is attachable to the lamp holdingmember 23, as by rivets or bolts 24. 25, 26, Fig. 4, represent theingoing and outgoing wires of an electric lamp.

The thickness of the metal bar forming connecting member 14, 15, 16, issuch that coil 4 is forced away from coil 5 of base 3, thereby, as isWell illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. Tension is thus put on said coilsby said connecting member, and said connecting member is thereby heldpivotally in place on coil 4; although it is pivotally movable foradjustment, as well as it is also movable along on said coil. By thismeans a universal joint is obtained between the holding member to whichthe connecting member 14, 15, 16 is attached, and the base 3.

It therefore occurs that in whatever plane members 1 and 2, to which thebase 3 is attached, may be, the holding member which is secured to theconnecting member 14, 15, 16, may be adjusted in any desired plane, asis well illustrated in the several figures of the drawing.

I claim: V

1. A holder comprising a base of resilient material provided with acoil, in combination with a holding member and a connecting memberpivotally mounted on and movable along said coil, said connecting memberattached to said holding member.

2. A base of resilient material, said base provided with a coil, and aholding member, in combination with a connecting member attached to saidholding member and mounted on said coil to be longitudinally movable onand pivotally movable around said coil, said connecting member adaptedto separate said coil from an adjacent coil to hold said connectingmember in a determined position by the tension on said coils.

STEWVART BROWN.

